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    • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey
    • The Cartography of Being
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    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
  • Audio Books
    • The Scent of a Lie – audio
    • The Book of Catalogues
    • The Midwife of Torment – audio
    • Twenty Poems
    • notas de rodapé – audio
    • xx poemas
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    • O Perfume da Mentira
    • notas de rodapé
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A Reader’s Response to Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey

Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey: A Reader’s Response By Emanuel Melo   I overheard a conversation between a father, his wife and daughter while at lunch at Le Petit Château…

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January 29, 2016
Fiction

Pleasant Troubles

A sudden, involuntary flaring of his tongue, followed by a hideous contortion of his face; apart from this peculiar affliction, Bonifácio Careta was an ordinary child. The villagers believed everyone…

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November 16, 2012
Poesia

as sardinhas

*   As sardinhas, as baleias e as algas Galgam o mar O sol brinca às escondidas Com as nuvens, o carapau Busca uma clareira doirada Nesse deserto prateado.  …

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November 19, 2012
  • Blog,  News

    New essay in Reckoning 6

    January 22, 2022 /

    Check out my new essay in this amazing USA based publication focusing on themes of environmental justice. Reckoning 6 Reckoning 6 – Print Edition Preorder $20.00 Add to cart Reckoning 6, edited by Aïcha Martine Thiam and Gabriela Santiago, addresses the intersection between social upheaval and environmental change. “[I]t’s like a brief closing of the hand around something small and floating, framing it just long enough that we are able to look, really look at it. And then, if we can, we let it go.”—Aïcha Martine Thiam “It is not utopia. But it is what we can have, these careful negotiations, communications, challenges, and sharing. We have relationships. New, complicated,…

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    New creative essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    December 18, 2021 /

    The Colours of Happiness, a new creative essay, published in the Winter issue of Queen’s Quarterly Review (Queen’s University in Ontario). Check it out. Winter 2021 Vol. 128 No. 4 From the Editor – Winter 2021 ~ James Carson Going for Ice at the Motel on Ocean Boulevard ~  Marc Plourde Lilac Clouds and Wind Chimes  ~ Deidre Dwyer Crown of Vespers (poem) ~ Mazzy Sleep In the Neighborhood of Sickness and Love ~ Alexis David Reasons Not to Be Human #1, 46: Airbnb ~ Sara Salih Old Blue Jeans (poem) ~ Sarain Frank Soonias Soldier’s Heart ~ Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt Healing Power, Present Wisdom (poem) ~ Meg Freer A Condensed History of Window Gazing ~ Christopher Cherney The Wash (poem) ~ Nicholas Bradley Playing…

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    Poema na Bienal Internacional de Poesia de Oeiras

    November 17, 2021 /

    No âmbito da Bienal Internacional de Poesia de Oeiras a decorrer de 16 a 21 de Novembro 2021 aqui está a declamação de um dos meus poemas.   https://youtu.be/bYchvlt0LkM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYchvlt0LkM  

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    Entrevistado na revista Descendências

    November 3, 2021 /

    paulo da costa entrevistado em português na revista Descendências. Uma voz recente, graficamente bonita e importante divulgadora da cultura lusófona em todo o mundo. Inclui artigos de muito interesse sobre o escritor Fernando Namora, assim como uma entrevista alargada com o Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Augusto Santos Silva e muito, muito mais. Delicie-se aqui… https://descendencias.pt/paulo-da-costa/ a r t e s e a r t i s t a s L USOS paulo da costa Nasceu em Luanda, cresceu em Portugal, fez a sua circum-navegação pelo mundo e decidiuficar a viver no Canadá. Foi por causa do seu en-contro com o urso, que decidiu ficar a viver no Canadá? Já agora…

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    Beneath Thin Skin – BC Bookworld feature

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    Story on CKUA Radio

    January 16, 2021 /

    This week’s Blindman Brewing Session Story features the work of Calgary-based writer, editor, and translator, Paulo da Costa. Inspired by his winter walks through McHugh Bluff, In Motion explores the natural forces that shape our human endeavours and relationships. Listen at CKUA: To listen to this growing collection of stories, or check out these beautiful Super Stout labels, visit CKUA.com/sessionstories

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    New Creative Essay in Prairie Fire

    October 24, 2020 /

    Fall 2020, Volume 41, No.3 $14.95 We’re all looking for a little more breathing space and something to hold on to during these troubled times. Living in a House on Fire asks how we live amidst the nameless despair that is constantly smouldering in the background of our lives. At times our despair rages like a forest fire as we grapple with the knowledge that we’re in the midst of mass extinction, leading to deep sadness, depression and anxiety. The stories, essays and poems in Living in a House on Fire give a voice to these worries, shine a light on the darkness humanity is facing, and offer a roadmap…

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    James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction

    June 8, 2020 /

    WGA CNF Award HR Winners of the 2020 Alberta Literary Awards The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Alberta Literary Awards. This year’s award winners were announced in an online video release on June 4th. The video is available to watch on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. This celebration marks the 38th anniversary of the Alberta Literary Awards and brought together writers from across Alberta.The Alberta Literary Awards were created by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. This year, jurors deliberated over 220 submissions to select winners in the following eight categories. James…

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    New Audio Poem

    April 28, 2020 /

    Check out one of my audio poems in www.thismighthelp.ca ! For National Poetry Month enjoy these free short audio poems on the theme of resilience. There are poems by former Calgary poet laureates and by 35 other Calgary poets from the age 10 to seniors. There are experienced poets and people trying the form for the first time. There are high school writers, university writers, and folks with a raft of published books. There are raps, rants, love letters, howls of joy! Take a break, put in some ear buds, walk outside and take a listen. Enjoy!!!

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    Antologia – Avós: Raízes e Nós

    February 2, 2020 /

    O meu texto, As Velas de Novembro, foi incluído na Antologia: Avós: Raízes e Nós, uma obra Comemorativa do Dia dos Avós e publicada em Julho de 2020. A antologia foi selecionada pela Aida Baptista, Ilda Januário e Manuela Marujo Excerto “… Encontrávamo-nos em Novembro, o mês mais triste, decorado de nuvens cinzentas a lavar o mármore dos finados. As mil e uma velas enviavam as suas tranças de fumo para o além, e somente as flores iluminavam a terra, apesar das comovidas preces dos crentes a querer apaziguar a dor. Não obstante os cravos e os crisântemos, o céu e a terra permaneciam encharcados de sombras. Sob o teu…

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    New creative essay in Riddle Fence

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    New essay published in Riddle Fence, In Search of Spring.   I am in the good company of Lindsay Bird, Alexandra Harvey, John Talbird, Beth Follet, Carmella Gray-Cosgrove and many more.

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